if the economy continues to improve. peter barnes with the news live in washington. that's a stupid reaction, peter. >> well, shep, the feds said that it could be getting ready to scale back the easy money policies that wall street really likes. it's been using them for the last five years to help keep the economic recovery going after the great recession. and for starters, it said it could slow its controversial 2.5 trillion-dollar bond buying program known as quantitative easing. basically printing new money. qe has helped keep interest rates low foruto loans business ratings. the feds said it could start buying fewer bonds if the economy gets better and that unemployment rate keeps falling and then maybe it could stop qe all together next year if the rate gets close to 7%. >> the 7, 6.5, these are guide posts that tell you how we are going to be shifting the mix of our tools as we try to land is ship on a, you know, on a smooth -- in a smooth way into the -- unto the aircraft carrier. >> so just the idea that easy money could be ending soon, spooked investigators